understates

英 [ˌʌndəˈsteɪts]

美 [ˌʌndərˈsteɪts]

v.  轻描淡写; 避重就轻地说
understate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 不充分如实地陈述；对…轻描淡写；打折扣地说
  If youunderstatesomething, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is.
  1. The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices...
     政府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。
  2. That understates my commitment to the orchestra.
     那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。

双语例句

• That reckoning, however, understates the likely impact.
  然后这种测算低估了可能的影响。
• But because Youku will issue new shares in the transaction, this understates the premium that Alibaba is paying.
  但由于优酷土豆将在交易中发行新股，因此溢价幅度有所降低。
• The investors feel some Mongolians do not understand that, because of taxes and royalties, the government's34% share grossly understates the benefits it will receive from the project.
  投资者们感到，由于在税收与权利金上的收益，政府从这一项目得到的好处将远远超过表面上34%的股份，而一些蒙古人对此并不清楚。
• Opponents say this understates the potential value to Google in the long run.
  反对者们表示，这种说法低估了谷歌长期的潜在价值。
• For the third year in succession, the economy is on track to grow by more than 10 per cent, according to Chinese statistics, a figure that many foreign investment bank economists think understates the true pace of development.
  中国的统计数据显示，中国的经济增幅将连续第三年超过10%，而许多外国投资银行的经济学家都认为，这个数字低估了中国的实际发展速度。
• But that understates the funds available to absorb future losses.
  但这并未将可用来吸收未来损失的资金完全计算在内。
• Some economists argue it understates the'real'inflation figure.
  一些经济学家认为，这个指标低估了“真实”的通胀水平。
• It understates the obstacles to across-the-board austerity.
  它低估了全面紧缩的障碍。
• But Hong Liang, an economist at Goldman Sachs, reckons that the M2 measure of money understates the amount of liquidity sloshing around in China.
  然而，高盛公司的经济学家梁红认为以M2来测算低估了游弋在中国周边流动性资金的规模。
• She believes the research understates the amount of discrimination women suffer.
  她相信这项研究没有充分表述妇女所受的歧视。